Hunter Biden Reacts to Melania Trump's $1B Epstein Defamation Threat

[ificandream]

Source: Newsweek

By Amanda Castro and Shane Croucher

Hunter Biden dismissed a $1 billion defamation threat over comments he made about first lady Melania Trump's connections to Jeffrey Epstein and declined to apologize as her lawyers had demanded. Nick Clemmens, aide to Melania Trump, told Newsweek via email: "First Lady Melania Trump's attorneys are actively ensuring immediate retractions and apologies by those who spread malicious, defamatory falsehoods. The true account of how the First Lady met President Trump is in her best-selling book, Melania."

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In a video interview posted to YouTube earlier this month, Biden said that Epstein introduced Melania Trump to Donald Trump, a statement her legal team calls "false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory." The letter, dated August 6, demands a full retraction and apology, or Biden will face a $1 billion lawsuit. The Trumps have long stated they met through modeling agent Paolo Zampolli at a New York Fashion Week party in 1998. This version contradicts Biden's claim and has been consistently repeated by the couple.

Biden responded to the legal team's letter in a follow-up interview released Thursday on Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, saying, "F*** that, that's not going to happen," and dismissed the legal threat as a distraction.

In the original interview, Biden said, "Epstein introduced Melania to Trump. The connections are, like, so wide and deep," attributing the statement to journalist Michael Wolff. Trump has previously accused Wolff of fabricating stories to sell books. Attorney Alejandro Brito issued a cease-and-desist letter demanding Biden retract the statements and apologize. The letter warns that failure to comply would result in legal action seeking over $1 billion in damages for reputational harm. The letter gave Biden until August 7 to respond. Sources close to the matter told Fox News that Biden did not comply and instead leaked the letter to a journalist, which Melania's team interpreted as a sign of concern over liability.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/hunter-biden-melania-trump-defamation-epstein-2113455

[emulatorloo]

1. Bless her little heart. She's as sue-happy as her husband, the "Defamer In Chief."

Another frivolous lawsuit.

[OKIsItJustMe]

9. Whose idea do you think it was to sue?

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This is clearly her husband’s doing.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/melania-trump-daily-mail-settlement-237151

Daily Mail settles libel case with Melania Trump for $2.9 million
By KELSEY SUTTON
04/12/2017 09:03 AM EDT

The Daily Mail has agreed to settle two lawsuits with Melania Trump stemming from an August article that claimed the first lady once served as an escort.

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The settlement ends months of litigation for the two parties after the Daily Mail published an article that included unfounded allegations that Trump had served as a high-end escort in the 1990s. Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against the Daily Mail in September, which sought at least $150 million in damages for what Trump’s legal team said was lost business opportunities.

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The Daily Mail also apologized for making claims that the model may have met her now-husband Donald Trump years earlier and that the couple staged their first meeting, saying that the claim was not true.

Trump settled a similar lawsuit with a Maryland blogger in February for the publication of similar unfounded allegations.

Because (you know) a lot of businesses nixed deals when they found that the nude model worked as an escort and might have met Donald Trump earlier than he claimed.

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/melania-trump-did-not-win-900-million-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-view-2025-02-21/

Fact Check: Melania Trump did not win $900 million defamation lawsuit against 'The View'
By Reuters Fact Check
February 21, 2025 1:42 PM EST Updated February 22, 2025

First lady Melania Trump did not win a purported $900 million defamation lawsuit against "The View" talk show and one of its hosts Sunny Hostin, contrary to posts circulating online sharing a short TikTok video and a headline from YouTube.

A search of court records showed no evidence of such a lawsuit involving the first lady. An ABC spokesperson said the information is false.

A post on Threads, shared a 65-second-long compilation of video clips with a TikTok logo and account handle and the caption, "Malania wins $900 M 'defamation lawsuit' against The View & Sunny Hostin…Part 1."

The video includes a clip of Melania Trump discussing lawsuits she has filed in the past during a 2016 interview, with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, as well as an excerpt from an episode of ABC’s "The View" in October 2024.

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[slightlv]

20. Discovery! Maybe bringup that Epstein...

Er Einstein visa nonsense. Get her in court on record what her genius is and ask questions to prove her expertise. I don't care... do you?

[Deuxcents]

2. "Reputational harm"? That's a laugh..her photos in every pose imaginable are all over the internet

Maybe she’ll have to have a deposition and tell us how she came to the US, how she came into the Epstein circle, her employment, etc.

[walkingman]

3. An obvious BIMBO.....

[Captain Zero]

18. Russian asset disguised as a BIMBO

Hard telling what she still feeds to the Moscow pipeline.

[Wonder Why]

4. Countersue for $2B!

[Bengus81]

22. And at the same time have Obama sue BOTH of their asses for $10B

for years and years of endless birther BS.

[Lovie777]

5. Query:........

Request for Admissions

1. Were you employed by Epstein?

2. Were you a independent contractor?

[Bluestocking]

6. Does she really want to open Pandora's box

[Callie1979]

13. Donald opened hers, so....

[reACTIONary]

7. I was reading the dismissal of YANDS.....

.... YANDS: Yet another nuisance defamation suit.... I can't remember which one, there have been so many... Where it was ruled that some innocuous statement, like "he introduced her to him", even if not true, does not become defamatory simply based on the reputations of he, him, or her.

I think that is on point in this case.

[SheltieLover]

8. She doth protest too much...

[Clouds Passing]

10. Her only reputation is that of a high dollar escort, she made it, she own it.

[Retrograde]

11. Hasn't she also repeatedly said

she had a degree in architecture? Just because someone repeatedly says something doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true

[Captain Zero]

19. Is she George Costanza's cousin or something?

Architect my ass.

[Haggard Celine]

29. That was the first thing I thought of, too!

I even remember George's alias: Art Vandelay.

[Trueblue1968]

21. Malaria's new title ..... The First Liar

[AllaN01Bear]

12. bring it on.

[H2O Man]

14. Recommended.

Epstein introduced them at the Zampolli party in New York.

[Grins]

15. "... over $1 billion in damages."

God, I’d love to hear how she would prove any loss of income. Does she even work at anything…?

[AZ8theist]

17. ******* on Dotards mushroom is a job only an illegal immigrant would do....

..so yeah, she deserves $10Bazzilion bucks for that.

[AZ8theist]

16. Sure, Malaria.....can't wait for discovery in this case!!

[LymphocyteLover]

23. exactly!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

24. If Paid Escort is the plaintiff in this case....asking for 1 Billion..

She cannot plead the 5th when asked direct questions by an Attorney for Hunter Biden. She HAS to answer truthfully or face perjury charges when deposed before trial. I doubt she wants even more exposure(pun intended) regarding the years she and TACO Don hung out with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

[mwb970]

25. I believe Hunter.

Melania appears to be totally worthless and a failure as a human being. Just like her big beautiful husband.

[johnnyfins]

27. Yep. There was a time when I felt bad for her

That time has passed. Good for Hunter. He definitely has ZERO fucks to give. After the shit that these MAGAts have dragged him through? SOMEONE has to stand up to these fake lawsuits.

[bucolic_frolic]

26. In the interview, was Hunter Biden trolling MAGA?

Beard, rumpled blue shirt over white undershirt, rolled up sleeves, park bench setting ......

[ImNotGod]

28. The russian gold digger is just trying to file on a new gold claim. nt

[TBF]

30. Let her sue & the depositions commence!

Depose Melania, depose Donald etc ...

and while we're at it ... RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES IN THEIR ENTIRETY